Letters

After reading Phil Noble’s column in your Sept. 29 paper, I think he needs to get back to reality and read up on our history.
First, Franklin Roosevelt didn’t pull us out of the Great Depression. His leftist programs and ideas caused a depression to become the Great Depression. What pulled us out of the Great Depression was World War II, which he led us into by sacrificing thousands of lives at Pearl Harbor.
Second, Harry Truman might have desegregated the military, but it was segregated during Democratic President Woodrow Wilson’s term.

I was in a local discount store today to buy groceries. A couple there had a dog in their basket. According to the manager, they are powerless to do anything due to the Americans With Disabilities Act.
It would seem to me that animals in shopping carts in grocery stores or animals in restaurants are a sanitation issue.
Too many people are going online and purchasing “service animal” items and claiming their dog is a service animal. This is wrong. Service animal permits should be regulated with paperwork, just as handicapped parking permits are.

The elite left and Hollywood have finally shown their true faces together, even though the cover-up has been ongoing for over a decade.
Harvey Weinstein, a big shot in tinsel town, has been exposed (excuse the pun) as a sexual predator. He stands accused of harassing, groping and even raping women for years, and the left and their perverted twin Hollywood helped him along the way.

Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter needs your help for a project that our Critical Home Repair Team has taken on in the Promise Neighborhood area.
David Cox, construction coordinator for the Promise Neighborhood effort, contacted us about Peggy Martin’s home on Cunningham Street, which was badly in need of a new roof. Our repair team did some eave and soffit repairs, and A+ Masonry, one of our partners, removed an unused chimney. And H&S Roofing of Charlotte donated materials and labor for the new roof.

I am writing because of Ms. Linda Blackmon requesting $6,750 in back pay.
The only way you can get back pay is that you worked. Well, excuse me, but she didn’t work during that time. So no work, no pay.
There is a problem somewhere when our so-called elected officials are able to vote to give themselves this back pay.

I currently work for the PCI Group on Harrisburg Road. I tell you this to inform you that I travel this road at regular intervals.
For the last month, a steel plate has been sitting on Harrisburg. Not beside the road. Oh no. This plate stretches across Harrisburg from white line to white line. This is used to cover up a ditch that has been dug.

Thanks to Richard Band’s letter to the editor, we now know some of the hazards that patrons of our library will face if it is moved.
Can you imagine a mother with small children walking from the parking area up to the library? What about teenagers and adults walking alone or senior citizens with limited walking ability?
Have any of the council or library board members walked the distance?
Probably not, or this decision would not be under consideration. Why can’t the library be improved where it is?

I have come to the conclusion that there are too many “geniuses” in our society today. The word is used practically for everyone.
Hollywood is filled with them. Just ask anyone who acts about their co-stars or directors and you get, “He’s a genius.” I’ve heard it for sports stars, politicians, artists, Wall Street workers, singers, etc. You name the category, and the title has been used.

President Trump should not have involved himself in the NFL players’ protest. In doing so, he became part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
I personally disagree with the means of player protest, but I support their right to peacefully protest. None of our citizens should be required to honor the flag. We are not North Korea.